'I went to Greater Manchester's pound shop capital to see what you can actually buy for £1'
In these straitened times in which we are all now living, trying to get as much for your pound as possible is part of everyday life. But with inflation rocketing, it's getting harder and harder to get very much for our pennies it seems.
But do they all live up to their pound billing? Well, my quest here was simple - to see what items I could buy, priced for either £1 or less in each of the stores. For instance, I took a two pint of milk to the till to get it price checked and to my horror was told it was £1.79. The shop assistant grimaced and said: "Yeah I know. But it's going up to £2 next week". Blimey.
Pound Express Plus Heading over the road, here's where I really struck gold at Pound Express Plus. I absolutely loved this place. There was an entire wall groaning with all manner of oddities, I could have picked myself up some fake eyelashes or a massage roller for £1 but I tried to resist the urge for beautifying myself. But I did get excited about loads of rolls of tape for £1 so I bought that, and also £1 toothpastes and bin bags.
But there were no fridge goods in this store, so it was difficult to put together meal ideas for the family. They had a decent range of tinned beans, including haricot beans for 25p. There were some decent food offers, with Pot Noodles priced at 2 for £1 catching my eye. I was also able to pick up a pack of porridge oats for £1, a small pot of Lotus Biscoff spread for £1 and some burger buns for £1.
Poundbakery A quick pitstop at the Poundbakery while I was in the town centre, although I was pretty alarmed to find there was hardly anything for sale here for a pound - or at least left on the shelves when I visited. I know other people have been a bit peeved about this as well with outrage over price increases hitting the headlines last month. Amusingly, some suggesting it should be called "PoundishBakery" instead.
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